Malik Rose Wants to Return to San Antonio

[SpursDynasty]

Reported by: Don Harris
Email: [email protected]
Last Update: 8:20 am

SAN ANTONIO – With the New York Knicks taking on the Spurs, it was great to see Malik Rose back in town Tuesday night.

Malik still has a home in San Antonio, and that big contract he has with the Knicks is almost up.

So I asked him if he wants to come back and end his career as a Spur?

“Of course,” Malik replied. “I've always held out that hope that I'd be a Spurs again one day. After this year I'll be a free agent. I'll be looking for somewhere else to play. Hopefully, my plans fit with theirs. But if they don't – again – there will be no hard feelings. I'll be somewhere. I'll be playing somewhere.”

[xtremesteven33]

that would be nice

[urunobili]

:nope

[I. Hustle]

Eff that ^! I would take him back. I always liked Malik

[jack sommerset]

Take him. An actual Free Agent that wants to play for SA.

[Strike]

If he wants to sign for peanuts, then fine.

[CubanMustGo]

Yeah, just what we need, another 35-YO guy that can't even get off the sorry-assed Knicks bench for more than a few minutes a night.

Malik's time is past.

[spursfan09]

Take him. An actual Free Agent that wants to play for SA.

yeah we can't just buy our championships. We actually drafted our own great players and developed them.

[Hemotivo]

he can't play 4 pop

[koriwhat]

malik sucks, can't get his head out of the gutter with his night-life persona, and just isn't that dedicated to working on his game.

like i've stated before on this forum... it's fine to do what you want in life as a bballer so long as you live up to your contract and going out to a strip club the night before a big game is not my definition of living up to your contract.

fuck malik and his gross ass philly cheese steaks.

[Texas_Ranger]

Well there will be no more Kurt next year....so why not sign Rose....I know that he sucked in NY, but I'd take him over Bonner anyday!

[jack sommerset]

yeah we can't just buy our championships. We actually drafted our own great players and developed them.

bravo. tanking a season to get duncan is not developing one great player.

[1Parker1]

How old is Malik?

[I. Hustle]

bravo. tanking a season to get duncan is not developing one great player.

:lol That was retarded.

[jack sommerset]

:lol That was retarded.

most people call it cheating.:downspin:

[hillscountry]

lets see how tolliver works out....

[baseline bum]

The Spurs need yet another way past his prime bigman. :tu

[koriwhat]

Well there will be no more Kurt next year....so why not sign Rose....I know that he sucked in NY, but I'd take him over Bonner anyday!

over bonner? i think that's tolliver's job atm.

[MannyIsGod]

That ship sailed years ago.

[mVp]

lol no way.

[Spurs Brazil]

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/getty/0c/fullj.b171db8ed556b987677bc1f4ac1a06b3/b171db8ed556b987677bc1f4ac1a06b3-getty-82994090dce_knicks_spur.jpg

[Texas_Ranger]

How old is Malik?

He'll be 34 in 13 days!:wow

[m33p0]

most people call it cheating.:downspin:says the fan whose team lost the Duncan-stakes and unashamedly tanked '07-'08 (and also lost.)

[timvp]

Malik on a minimum contract in an end of bench role? Couldn't hurt. He'd do more good sitting on the end of the bench mentoring Tolliver and Mahinmi than Bonner would just rotting away.

[Taking it to the Hole]

Malik isn't the guy he was years ago. Don't you think he misses winning? I am sorry, playing on the Knicks is a humbling experience than makes you appreciate a team like the Spurs. All of that crap he had to put up with during the Isiah years makes a man out of a boy. I say he would be willing to come here for anything offered, even the vet minimum. He misses playing here and I say anyone who wants to play for us, we should sign them up!

[fotan2]

most people call it cheating.:downspin:

96's spurs = 08's heat

that's not cheating . not much thing you can do with injured players .

btw, there is some team consecutively tanked for 22 years .

[spursfan09]

bravo. tanking a season to get duncan is not developing one great player.

:rolleyes

I forget Boston had a chance to get Tim.

What about tony and manu?

We drafted them very low.

[Rummpd]

Malik Rose defended Shaq as well as anyone in his prime for short stretches and whose to say he could not still give some rare effective minutes against him, Yao and the two headed monster out there at the LALs?

Bring him back.

[Steve-O-Matic]

No thanks. Rose has been done for awhile now and would bring nothing more than another "nice guy" to a team already filled to the brim with nice guys. He makes Robert Horry look spry and productive by comparison.

[The Truth #6]

I always felt that Malik got shipped because of personality clashes with Pop. I'm curious how they are now.

[lurker23]

Malik on a minimum contract in an end of bench role? Couldn't hurt. He'd do more good sitting on the end of the bench mentoring Tolliver and Mahinmi than Bonner would just rotting away.

:tu My thoughts exactly. I'd love to have Malik back in a Spurs uniform. On any team, you're going to have players 11 through 15 who aren't going to play much at all. Might as well make them good guys and hard workers who want to be here.

[sa_butta]

I always liked the guy, but I just dont see it happening.

[DMX7]

He would be perfect if we could get him cheap (really cheap).

[angelbelow]

unless hes also capable of coaching and mentoring i dunno about signing him again.

[Obstructed_View]

bravo. tanking a season to get duncan is not developing one great player.

It's far better than tanking the season to get Chauncey Billups.

[angel_luv]

Come home, Malik. I would be so thrilled! :) :) :)

I was disappointed last night that Big Kev did not announce it when Malik came into the game. I wanted to cheer for him.

[jack sommerset]

:rolleyes

I forget Boston had a chance to get Tim.

What about tony and manu?

We drafted them very low.


Boston should have been fined and draft picks taken from them for tanking. Duncan is Mangoo and Parker.

[duncan228]

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x282/duncan228/oddsandends/dynastythatwasnt.jpg

[mrspurs]

Just as long as he doenst want to play basketball here Im fine with Rose coming back.

[tp2021]

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x282/duncan228/oddsandends/dynastythatwasnt.jpg

über-pwnage!

[I. Hustle]

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x282/duncan228/oddsandends/dynastythatwasnt.jpg

That looks all kinds of wrong.


For some reason that pic pisses me off and makes me laugh at the same time

[MoSpur]

For the minimum, yes

[SenorSpur]

I'm sooooo out on the Spurs annual foray through the "over-the-hill", "end-of-career", free-agent bargain bin. However, I'd make an exception for Malik considering the fact that he was a key contributor to two championships here. I just don't know how much he's got left. As someone mentioned earlier, he'd be better than having Bonner rotting at the end of the bench. I would be willing to bet that he'd contribute more, at this age, than a younger Bonner.

[ChumpDumper]

Malik is done. We let him go a little too soon but now it's too late to get him back. You get undersized big men early or not at all.

[Steve-O-Matic]

On any team, you're going to have players 11 through 15 who aren't going to play much at all. Might as well make them good guys and hard workers who want to be here.

Not if they don't have a future (or even a present). With very few exceptions, they're ALL "good guys and hard workers who want to be here," so adding one more who contributes nothing in the way of basketball skills on the floor serves no discernable purpose. If I'm going to have a Malik occupying one of my last roster spots, I want it to be Hairston, not Rose.

[I. Hustle]

I would still take him over Bonner any day.

[ploto]

Malik on a minimum contract in an end of bench role? Couldn't hurt. He'd do more good sitting on the end of the bench mentoring Tolliver and Mahinmi than Bonner would just rotting away.

I'd rather have Rasho.

[Budkin]

Love Malik but unless he signed for the absolute minimum it's not worth it.

[exstatic]

Malik is done. We let him go a little too soon but now it's too late to get him back. You get undersized big men early or not at all.

+1 34 is about the time your legs really go. A 6'5" jumping impaired Malik is too ugly to contemplate.

[Avitus1]

Wouldn't mind seeing him..

[lefty]

Why not?

Playing for the Spurs would rejuvenate him

Make it happen RC :flag:

[lefty]

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x282/duncan228/oddsandends/dynastythatwasnt.jpg

You just gave Conan O'Brien some material for his " If They Mated " section.

Tim Duncan and Bruce Bowen

[Manuuuuu]

I always liked Malik

[SequSpur]

Dude, this is the worst news ever.

[BWS-1994]

I liked his heart and hustle. But the the Spurs ceiling will be smaller.

And who's going to make room for him? Esp with Gist and maybe even Splitters coming over next year.

[mrspurs]

Malik=choke artist. He and Fab have alot in common. They are left alone under the basket and they will double pump. While they're double pumping thinking they're gonna juke someone. It gives teams time to get there and make them pass the ball or turn it over. No thank you. Malik's play thou has alot of hustle isnt worth a crap. We have enough players who play like that. We have alot of heart and hustle. But no talent. Let the young guys play until TP and Manu get back. Dont try to fix something with a guy like Malik. Id rather lose like last night with the young guys. Then lose by bringing back a guy we all know cant play in this league. Malik will always live on someones bench.